fredfertang
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Indeed - conspiracy to defraud is serious stuff
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***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal
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cover drive man
International Captain
Cruel, judgemental word to use. But anyway, that's a slightly pedantic argument off me.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Sydney Test was fixed, claims agent
So apparently there was an investigation after the Sydney test as ICC was suspicious but it was closed for lack of evidence. That investigation will likely be reopened I think.
So apparently there was an investigation after the Sydney test as ICC was suspicious but it was closed for lack of evidence. That investigation will likely be reopened I think.
Jamee999
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Wha'? It's just a word. Or do you disapprove of any word that describes the way a person makes money?
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yeah, agreed. "Hooker" is to prostitute as "chippy" is to carpenter or "sparks" is to electrician, surely?
flibbertyjibber
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Examples of how that paper breaks stories on various things and is generally pretty correct when it goes in on a sting like this.
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Neil Pickup
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Really not necessary.
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Goughy
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That is exactly how it will happen and possibly correctly-- I can see both POV
flibbertyjibber
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Agreed,edited and deleted.
Neil Pickup
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Thanks
Fusion
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I don't know if it's been posted already, but:
Salman Butt post match press conference
He dodges all the hard questions and looks guilty as ****.
Salman Butt post match press conference
He dodges all the hard questions and looks guilty as ****.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Pakistan's Federal sports minister, the supreme
"Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani said the government was concerned by the media reports about players involvement in 'spot-fixing'.
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Jakhrani said that the government's priority now was to ensure that the players returned home and are not arrested by the London Metropolitan Police if the allegations against them turned out to be true.
news.outlookindia.com | Fixing Back to Haunt Pakistan And World Cricket
So I guess, there will be quick re-call of the players who are subject of the investigation.
This reminds me of early nineties or so, when Pak players on tour to WI , who were arrested for drug possession , were released after the Pak president or PM intervened to have them released.
"Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani said the government was concerned by the media reports about players involvement in 'spot-fixing'.
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Jakhrani said that the government's priority now was to ensure that the players returned home and are not arrested by the London Metropolitan Police if the allegations against them turned out to be true.
news.outlookindia.com | Fixing Back to Haunt Pakistan And World Cricket
So I guess, there will be quick re-call of the players who are subject of the investigation.
This reminds me of early nineties or so, when Pak players on tour to WI , who were arrested for drug possession , were released after the Pak president or PM intervened to have them released.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I am amazed at the logic of paying more money to players so that they are not tempted to cheat !
This is fantastic. Start paying huge sums to known kidnapping gangs in Uttar Pradesh india so that kidnappings go down. Start paying ten times the current salaries to Indian bureaucrats so that corruption can be reduced. In other words, reward people for being crooked. Hoping that advance payment will prevent subsequent deviant behaviour.
Weird !
The first thing that needs to be done is deterrent punishment. But we are oh soooo forgiving.
One does not need to go into the number of times deviant behaviour by cricketers has brought exactly the kind of uproar we are reading and hearing here and then those very cricketers come back.
People like Azharuddin are now honourable members of parliament.
We deserve the crooks that exist in our midst, amongst our politicians, our police, our bureaucrats and our sportsmen.
Let every Indian and pakistani put his hand on his heart and ask himself (you dont have to tell us) if he/she does not know of relatives who are in positions of influence and make money through corruption. I have some big ones in my family and they are not shunned by anyone. they are big shots and get royal treatment y family members even while people continue to shout themselves hoarse about the state of our countries.
All those who are exposed in this scandal will go scot free (unless you take a few hundred thousands as fine or missing a few tests as punishment enough) and will continue to play and the fans who are screaming blue murder will, by and large, be supportive of it. Two years from now we will be talking of "where is the proof".
We deserve the rot that exists in our systems for we do not have the balls to do anything about it.
This is fantastic. Start paying huge sums to known kidnapping gangs in Uttar Pradesh india so that kidnappings go down. Start paying ten times the current salaries to Indian bureaucrats so that corruption can be reduced. In other words, reward people for being crooked. Hoping that advance payment will prevent subsequent deviant behaviour.
Weird !
The first thing that needs to be done is deterrent punishment. But we are oh soooo forgiving.
One does not need to go into the number of times deviant behaviour by cricketers has brought exactly the kind of uproar we are reading and hearing here and then those very cricketers come back.
People like Azharuddin are now honourable members of parliament.
We deserve the crooks that exist in our midst, amongst our politicians, our police, our bureaucrats and our sportsmen.
Let every Indian and pakistani put his hand on his heart and ask himself (you dont have to tell us) if he/she does not know of relatives who are in positions of influence and make money through corruption. I have some big ones in my family and they are not shunned by anyone. they are big shots and get royal treatment y family members even while people continue to shout themselves hoarse about the state of our countries.
All those who are exposed in this scandal will go scot free (unless you take a few hundred thousands as fine or missing a few tests as punishment enough) and will continue to play and the fans who are screaming blue murder will, by and large, be supportive of it. Two years from now we will be talking of "where is the proof".
We deserve the rot that exists in our systems for we do not have the balls to do anything about it.
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cover drive man
International Captain
The News of the world didn't catch gary glitter and who cares if they snuck in on sven with arabs? It's still a disgusting newspaper. No offence to you though mateExamples of how that paper breaks stories on various things and is generally pretty correct when it goes in on a sting like this.
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cover drive man
International Captain
Or H*** for homosexuals or P*** for asians? (and I know the latter is implied to be used on pakistanis but idiots use it to offend other asians as well)
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Jamee999
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This is the Asia Cup match in question
I mean, it's circumstantial, but it looks pretty bad, two run outs, no one except Afridi (who is supposed to not be a part of the whole thing) doing anything with the bat.
From the Cricinfo match report
I mean, it's circumstantial, but it looks pretty bad, two run outs, no one except Afridi (who is supposed to not be a part of the whole thing) doing anything with the bat.
From the Cricinfo match report
(or not)
(bold from original article)
Spudsy2061
U19 Cricketer
If they won't kick Pakistan out of the ICC, which I think at this rate they need to be, but if they won't then the ICC at least needs to boot them from the 2011 World Cup I think. A message one way or another has to be sent to the PCB that we're not allowing this sport to take any more of this debacery.
weldone
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I think one important thing should be kept in mind in this context.
I think all involved cricketers should be banned for life, no question about that. And I shall hate them for this. But I can still pay respect to some of their qualities. I shall still think that Asif was a fine bowler and Aamer was a hot prospect. Just like I still think that Azharuddin was an very good batsman, and I loved to watch him play as much as I love watching VVS Laxman play. I still say that Cronje was a good captain and a good all round cricketer. I hated the thing that Mike Tyson did, the thing for which he was banned from professional boxing for life. But that doesn't mean that I can deny the fact that he was an amazing boxer and I loved to watch him in action.
I think all involved cricketers should be banned for life, no question about that. And I shall hate them for this. But I can still pay respect to some of their qualities. I shall still think that Asif was a fine bowler and Aamer was a hot prospect. Just like I still think that Azharuddin was an very good batsman, and I loved to watch him play as much as I love watching VVS Laxman play. I still say that Cronje was a good captain and a good all round cricketer. I hated the thing that Mike Tyson did, the thing for which he was banned from professional boxing for life. But that doesn't mean that I can deny the fact that he was an amazing boxer and I loved to watch him in action.